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Acts 28:2

And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

KJV

οἵ τε βάρβαροι παρεῖχαν οὐ τὴν τυχοῦσαν φιλανθρωπίαν ἡμῖν, ἅψαντες γὰρ πυρὰν προσελάβοντο πάντας ἡμᾶς διὰ τὸν ὑετὸν τὸν ἐφεστῶτα καὶ διὰ τὸ ψῦχος.

Greek NT

Accensa enim pyra, reficiebant nos omnes propter imbrem qui imminebat, et frigus.

Vulgate

And the barbarians showed us no common kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us all, because of the present rain, and because of the cold.

ASV

For kindling a fire, they refreshed us all, because of the present rain and of the cold.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

18 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βάρβαρος
barbaros
adjective · 6×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
παρέχω
parecho
verb · 16×
προσλαμβάνω
proslambano
verb · 12×
πυρά
pura
noun · 2×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
τέ
te
particle · 214×
τυγχάνω
tugchano
verb · 12×
φιλανθρωπία
philanthropia
noun · 2×
ψύχος
psuchos
noun · 3×
ἅπτω
apto
verb · 5×
ἐφίστημι
ephistemi
verb · 20×
ἡμεῖς
emeis
pronoun · 862×
o
article · 19778×
ὑετός
uetos
noun · 5×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: τε | WH/Treg/NIV: τε | RP: δὲ
  • τεSBLGNT
  • τεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δὲRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἅψαντες | WH/Treg/NIV: ἅψαντες | RP: ἀνάψαντες
  • ἅψαντεςSBLGNT
  • ἅψαντεςWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀνάψαντεςRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 14:11 — Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
  • 1Cor 14:11 — Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
  • 2Cor 11:27 — In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
  • Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
  • Acts 28:4 — And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
  • Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Col 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Heb 13:2 — Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
  • Matt 10:42 — And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
  • Prov 24:11 — If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
  • Rom 1:14 — I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.